| Chapter 103 |
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{[A Psalm] of David.} Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name! |
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Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: |
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Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases; |
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Who redeemeth thy life from the pit, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies; |
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Who satisfieth thine old age with good [things]; thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. |
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Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed. |
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He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. |
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Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness. |
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He will not always chide, neither will he keep [his anger] for ever. |
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He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. |
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For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him. |
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As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. |
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As a father pitieth [his] children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. |
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For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. |
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As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: |
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For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more. |
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But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children, |
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To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his precepts to do them. |
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Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all. |
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Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word. |
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Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will. |
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Bless Jehovah, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless Jehovah, O my soul! |